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Execution of contracts during lockdown and work-from-home

Execution of contracts during lockdown and work-from-home
For the containment of the pandemic in India, Ministry of Home Affairs had to impose lock-down on a national level. This has severely and adversely impacted the business operations in India. One of

By NovoJuris 5 days ago

COVID-19 Crisis: Revised FDI norms for neighbouring countries

Like many other countries, India is also trying to curtail opportunistic take-overs due to massive economic slowdown, falling share price/ valuation due to Covid19 pandemic.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, issued a Press Note on 17

By NovoJuris 4 days ago

Government approval mandatory for FDI from neighbouring countries

In the past years, United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, Canada and other European countries have revised their foreign investment policies to protect their domestic firms from hostile takeovers by foreign investors. Following their footsteps, the Government of India

By NovoJuris 15 days ago

COVID-19 and Employment actions

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, on 20 March 2020 has issued an ‘advisory’ to employers of public and private organizations to extend support by not terminating ‘employees’ particularly casual and contract workers, from job or reduce

Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its General Circular No.15/2020 has clarified on the payments which will be admissible as Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") during the COVID-19 pandemic. The said circular has brought clarity on the contributions which will be/ will

By NovoJuris 19 days ago

All pending Income Tax refund upto INR 5 Lakh to be released immediately

In order to tackle the financial crisis faced by the individuals and companies during the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide an immediate relief, Ministry of Finance, Government of India ("Ministry of Finance") vide its Press note on 8 April 2020,

By NovoJuris 29 days ago

Supreme Court passes an interim order for free COVID-19 testing

The Honourable Supreme Court of India ("SC") on 08 April 2020 passed an interim order directing the Central Government to conduct the test relating to COVID-19 at free of cost, irrespective of whether the test is being conducted in the

By NovoJuris 29 days ago

Reserve Bank of India’s initiative to safeguard the Economy

COVID-19: Reserve Bank of India’s initiative to safeguard the Economy
Mr. Shaktikanta Das, Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 27 March 2020 came up with various initiatives and measures as listed below to address and reduce

By NovoJuris about 1 month ago

MCA's Fresh Start Scheme- an opportunity for defaulting companies

In the wake of COVID - 19, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has provided a one-time opportunity to companies and LLPs to complete pending compliances, by filing necessary documents in the MCA-21 registry without being subject to additional fees due

By NovoJuris about 1 month ago

COVID-19 Circulars/Notifications

The Governments at both central and state level along with the regulatory bodies, are putting their best efforts for containment of COVID-19 and to overcome the challenges faced by business organizations, employees and various other stakeholders during the lockdown. There

By NovoJuris 22 days ago

COVID-19: Relief measures introduced by Ministry of Finance

As you all are aware that COVID-19 pandemic has severally impacted Indian economy, Governments at both Central and State level have been putting their best efforts to ensure stability in the economy. On 24 March 2020, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister

By NovoJuris 19 days ago

COVID-19 Outbreak: MCA’s measures to safeguard the interest of Companies and LLP

In order to support and enable Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (“LLP”) in India to focus on taking necessary measures to address the COVID-19 threat, including the economic disruptions caused by it, the following measures have been implemented by the

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